A two-day capacity building workshop designed for Members of the Cook Islands Parliament, provided the platform for open and robust discussions on the soon to be tabled Maritime Zones Bill and the Marine Resources Bill.

– A technical team from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional office based in Fiji, visited Samoa last week to discuss how best to support the country’s national priorities in relation to population and development.

On the week that the world celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD), United Nations Volunteers (UNVs), volunteers from SPREP, US Peace Corps and United Nations (UN) staff “acted first” through a rubbish collecting activity sponsored by UNV. The activity at Sogi on Friday afternoon, 8 December 2017 was designed to showcase the true spirit of volunteerism in line with the IVD theme for 2017, #VolunteersActFirst. Here. Everywhere.

International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly, is held each year on 5 December. This is the day that volunteers and organizations worldwide celebrate their work and, achievements, and share their values while promoting their respective work.

Today, 05 December 2017, we celebrate International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (IVD), a day adopted by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution A/RES/40/212 on 17 December 1985.

Samoa has been very active in advocating for ending violence against women, girls and children in the recent years. 2017 has seen much done by UN Women in collaboration with the governments of Samoa and Australia to support this work, which is in line with the United Nations (UN) SDG 5 recognizing gender equality and the empowerment of women as a key priority pledging that “no one will be left behind.”

The Women’s Committee at Siumu are serious about conserving their environment and surrounding. It is for this reason that they have completed the first of its two-phase USD10,000 project funded by UNDP GEF-Small Grants Programme, which is in line with the United Nations SDG14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.